Ticket holder



May 12, 1925.

H. M CAGHREN TICKET HOLDER Original Filed on. 15, 1925 19. :Eig

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ATTORNEY Patented May' 12, 1925.

UNITED srarss restate Parser critic-r...

. HUGH MCGAGHBEN, or or'rawa, onranro, CANADA.

TICKET HOLDER.

Application filed. October 15, 1923, Serial To all 'zohom it mayconcern:

Be it known that I, HUGH MoCAc'rnciN, a citizen of the Dominion ofCanada, and resident of Ottawa, in the county of Carleton and Provinceof Ontario, Dominion of Canada, have invented certain new and usefulImprovementsv in Ticket Holders, of which the following is aspecification.

This invention has relation to certain new and useful improvements in aticket holder, and has for its primary object the provision of a holderin which a number of strips of tickets may 'be carried and the stripsejected one at a time without disturbing the remaining strips. r

The invention has for another object the provision of' a ticket holderof thecharaeter stated in which is employed a resilient ticket supportwhich resiliently retains the tickets in proper position with theuppermost tickets supports thereon projected toward the exit slotwhichpermits only onestrip at a time to be ejected from the holder, 7

The invention has for a further object the provision of a ticket holderof the character statedwhich is of simple construction, inexpensive tomanufacture and may be readily supported on a belt or the like with theresilient ticket supporters removably held in place in the ticketcompartments for which they are provided. H p

A still further object of the invention resides in the provision ofaticket holder of the character stated which is composed of the minimumnumber of parts of simple construction and arrangement and in which theresilient ticket support is constructed in different sizesto'accommodate the dilterent strips of tickets as employed by t'he'street car companies or the like, each resilientticket support beingformed so as to press the strips of tickets against one wall of thepocket in which they are positioned and force all of the strips in onedirection with the ends overlapping in one direction toward the exitopening, thereby automatically feeding the strips in succession to theoutletopening or slot through which they may be ejected one at a time.

\Vith the foregoing and other objects in View as will appear as thedescription proceeds, the invention consists H in the novelconstruction, combination and arrangement of co-operating elements ashereinafter more specifically set forth, claimed and; shown in No.668,612. Renewed. March so, 1925.

the accompanying drawings, forming apart of the present application, inwhich F 1 is an elevation of the ticket holder.

Fig. 2 is a side elevation, at right angles to Fig. 1. c

Fig. 3 is a bottom plan'view.

Fig. f is a longitudinal section, substantially on the plane of line Hof llig; 1, looking in the direction indicated by the arrows.

Fig. 5 is a detailperspective of one of the resilient ticket supports,removed- Fig. 6 is a perspective view of a modified form of theinvention. g

Referring more in detail to the drawings in which similar referencecharacters designate corresponding parts ithroughout the several views,it will be noted that the body 10 is of rectangular form in elevation,plan and section and is composed of one section of material with theends of the body open.

the discharge of only one strip of tickets at a rtime. The body 10 isdivided into two compartments by a central longitudinal partition wall13, which is shown as being formed by turning inwardly at a right angleone longitudinal edge of the material from which the body 10 is formed,while the other edge is extended straight across the rear side of thebodyto a point past the partition wall 13.. This may bereadilyunderstood by referring to F ig. 3 of the drawings; It may also be seenfrom Figs. 2, 3 and 4 that an elongated loop 14 is provided on the rearwall of thebody 10 and extended longitudinally thereof, "whereby thedevice may be readily supported on a belt or the like passed through theloop 14. This loop 14: is shown as being formed of a sec tion ofmaterial bent upon itself with one end 15 of the material bent aroundand over the other end 16, which latter-is turned back upon itself; Thisprovides a tongue 17 which serves to lock the loop 14: on the belt orother member extended, through the loop For each compartment'or pocketin the body 10, an elongated longitudinal slot 18 is provided in thefront wall. of the body 10.

Removably positioned in each compartment or pocket 1s a resilientsupport 19 which is in the form of a spring material strip benttransversely upon itself intermediate its ends to provide the lower flatfinger 20 and the inclined upper finger 21, having its front end 22curved upwardly slightly, as shown in Figs. 4- and 5. The centralportion of the support 19 is bent upon itself to form a heel 23 whichfits snugly in the lower end of the compartment or pocket and has aninclined forward wall 24 against which one end of the strips of ticketsengage when resting on'the inclined upper fingers 21 of the support 19.The support 19 is readily inserted or removed from the lower end of thecon1 partment or pocket for which it is provided and when in positionpresses the strips of tickets toward the outer slotted wall of thecompartment or pocket with the ends of the tickets overlapping, so as topresent the uppermost or outermost strip to the discharge slot 12. Alocking ridge 25 is provided transversely of the lower fiat finger 20 ofthe support 19 by pressing upwardly a portion of the same for engagementwith the locking rib 26 provided on the corresponding wall of thecompartment or pocket and extended transversely thereof. This may bereadily understood from Figs. 4 and 5. The strips of tickets may be seenin Figs. 1 to 4 inclusive and are designated by the numeral 27. It isalso to be understood that the strips 27 are forced outwardly byinserting a finger or thumb in the longitudinal slot 18 of the pocket,pressing on the strips and moving the same longitudinally in the pockettoward the discharge opening 12. It is to be further noted that theridge 25 grips the rib 26 sufiiciently to retain the support 19 inproper position within the compartment or pocket, but will permitreleasing thereof when it is desired to force the support 19 out of thecompartment or pocket for placing thereon a new supply of strips orsubstituting a different holder with other strips of ticket-s.

In Fig. 6 a modified form of the invention is disclosed, showing aticket holder of one compartment or pocket only for single tickets. Thismodified form includes a body 28 formed of a single section of materialwith the ends of the body open. An end, plate 29 is extended across oneend of the body 28 to close the same and leave only a sufficient openspace to provide a discharge slot 30 for the tickets 31. An elongatedlongitudinal slot 32 is provided in the upper face of the body 28 sothat the tickets 31 may be readily forced out of the holder by way ofthe discharge slot 31 in the same manner as in the preferred form of theinvention. A ticket support 33 is removably inserted from the other endof the body 28 and corresponds to the form of ticketsupport 19 disclosedin the preferred form of the invention and, therefore, needs no furtherdetail description.

It is believed the complete construction and operation of the inventionmay now be apparent from the foregoing paragraphs, taken in connectionwith the accompanying drawings without further detail description. Itmay be briefly stated, however, that the preferred form is designedparticularly for conductors of street cars, where several differenttypes of tickets are employed. The modified form is designed as a vestpocket ticket holder for individual use and may be readily carried in apocket, handbag or the like. The strips of tickets may be readilyinserted or removed from the holder in the two different forms andeither form of holder may be readily refilled as required.

While the preferred embodiment of the invention has been disclosed, itis to be understood that minor changes in the details of construction,combination and arrangement of cooperating elements may be resorted towithin the scope of what is claimed without departing from the spirit ofthe invention.

VVhat I claim as new is:

1. A ticket holder including a body having an open end and a dischargeslot at its other end; a resilient ticket support held in said body andincluding'an inclined finger portion serving to support tickets in overlapped relation with the uppermost ticket presented to the dischargeslot; said sup port includin a heel carrying an inclined face forforcing the tickets to overlapping position; means for retaining saidsupport in normal position within said body; said body having a slotformed in one face for exposing the uppermost ticket and permittingdischarging of the sznne through said discharge slot by pressure on theticket and movement of the same longitudinally in said body; and meanscarried by said body for sup iorting the same on a belt.

2. A ticket holder including a one piece. body with a portion of thematerial thereof turned to form av longitudinal partition within thebody, dividing the same into compartments; an end plate for closing oneend of the body and leaving a discharge slot at the end of eachcompartment; said body having slots in one wall of the con'ipartment aspring ticket support for each coinpart ment; each spring ticket,support being bent upon itself intermediate its ends to form a flatfinger and an inclined finger having its: free end curved; the centralportion of the spring ticket support being bent to form a heel with aninclined face for engagement with one end of the ticket resting on theirclined finger, whereby the heel and the inclined finger cooperate toresiliently retain the tickets in overlapped position and with theuppermost ticket engaged With the slotted Wall of the compartment, thuspermitting the uppermost ticket to be readily dis charged through theslot by means of a finger inserted in said slotted Wall and engaged with1 the uppermost ticket; means carried by another Wall of the compartmentand by the fiat finger of the resilient ticket support to normallyretain said resilient ticket support in position Within saidconipartment; and means carried by the ticket holder for mounting thesame on the supporting member. y

In testimony whereof, I afiix my signature. v

HUGH MCGAGHREN.

